LEADER 03237nam 2200673 450 001 9910458038803321 005 20191118111955.0 010 $a0-7556-9851-7 010 $a1-283-29219-X 010 $a9786613292193 010 $a0-85771-993-9 024 7 $a10.5040/9780755698516 035 $a(CKB)2550000000050057 035 $a(EBL)784566 035 $a(OCoLC)756484701 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000637585 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12311732 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000637585 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10685415 035 $a(PQKB)10423987 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC784566 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL784566 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL329219 035 $a(CaBNVSL)mat55698516 035 $a(CaBNVSL)9780755698516 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000050057 100 $a20191118h20192011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aKorda $eBritain's Movie Mogul 205 $aFirst edition. 210 1$aLondon [England] :$cI.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd,$d2011. 210 2$a[London, England] :$cBloomsbury Publishing,$d2019. 215 $a1 online resource (441 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-84885-695-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aAcknowledgements; List of Illustrations; Preface; 1 -- The Puszta; 2 -- Sandor of the River; 3 -- Westward Bound; 4 -- The Gilded Cage; 5. 'Somewhere on the Mediterranean'; 6. 'The London Venture'; 7 -- Success; 8 -- Alexander the Great; 9 -- The Foxy Whiskered Gentleman; 10 -- The Player; 11 -- The Bubble Bursts; 12 -- Twenty-Four Hours a Day; 13 -- Falling with Style; 14 -- Hanging On; 15 -- Free!; 16 -- The Service; 17 -- For King and Country; 18 -- A Knight in Hollywood; 19 -- Perfect Strangers; 20 -- Forward into the Future; 21 -- Never Pay Cash; 22 -- Auld Lang Syne; 23 -- Elsewhere; 24 -- A Home at Last; Notes. 327 $aSelect BibliographyThe Films of Sir Alexander Korda; Index. 330 $aThe producer behind such celebrated films as The Four Feathers and The Third Man is one of the most colourful and important figures in the history of the British cinema. This gripping biography tells how with extraordinary ambition, enterprise and showmanship, Alexander Korda established in Britain a film industry that rivalled Hollywood, built Europe's biggest studio, and created world-class stars, including Charles Laughton and Vivien Leigh. The biography traces Korda's path from his rural childhood in a remote part of Hungary to a British knighthood. Korda's legacy, it argues, was a film in. 606 $aMotion picture producers and directors$zGreat Britain$vBiography 606 $aBiography: arts & entertainment$2bicssc 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aMotion picture producers and directors 615 7$aBiography: arts & entertainment 676 $a791.4302 676 $a791.430232 676 $a791.430232092 700 $aDrazin$b Charles$0975505 801 0$bEBLCP 801 1$bCaBNVSL 801 2$bCaBNVSL 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910458038803321 996 $aKorda$92221281 997 $aUNINA